Cowboy Junkies - Take Heart (Elbow Room) lyrics

This late in November Every thing seems out of kilter To me Autumn doesn’t give hope Elbow room In your pink Chanel you’re radiant And your husband is the President But your black car floats through Dallas like a tomb But take heart, take heart I have a confession My wife died in November Lost both the breasts that fed my little girl Sold everything to treat her But cancer proved the bigger spender Left us broke and broken But she’d say Take Heart, take heart Take heart For there are ways to shine without gold There’s more I didn’t mention My daughter died in November Of disappointment that she wasn’t you Nights I’d wake to find her weeping Her Jackie hair-do slipping Yearning for love from everyone but me And I’d say Take heart, take heart Take heart For there are ways to shine without gold And riding here beside you Helps me fight off that nagging notion That without my family, my usefulness is through I couldn’t save my wife And I couldn’t save my daughter But I may save myself if I can help save you Two… Take heart, Take heart, take heart Come on and give hope a little elbow room Elbow room, elbow room Right on Houston Left on Elm…